Tire-protector.



J. WILMES.

ATIRE PROTECTOR. APPLIOATION PLED SBF120) 1909.

Patented May 17, 1910.

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Application led September 20, 1909. Serial No. 518,588.

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, JOHN WrLMns, a citi zen. of the United States,residing at Maquelreta, in thecounty of Jackson and State oi' lowa, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements inTire-Protectors; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full,

, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art ing drawings, and to the letters and figuresview of of reference marks thereon, which :term a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in protectingdevices vfor tires and consists of a simple and eliicient device made upof sections and adapted to be held by means of a cable to the rim of awheel and over the tire.

The invention comprises various details of construction, combinationsand arrangements of parts 'which will be hereinafter fully described andthen specically dened in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accom@ panying drawings, in whichFigure l is a side elevation of a wheel. showing. my 'protecting platesapplied thereto. F ig. 2 is a sectional View on line 2--2 of `Fig. l.Fig. 3 is adetail. perspective one meeting end. Fig. l is a similar viewof the meeting end of an adjacent section, and Fig. 5 is a detailsectional view showing a yielding mechanism for the cable.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the rim ci a wheel and B, B the sections of the prou tectindevice which are substantially semi cylin rical and have outwardlyturned ianging ends D which are apertured as at D for the reception ofthe tie wires E which v pass therethrough and each of said tie wires hasan eye E fior thereception of a cable H. Each ci said sections, as shownclearly in Fig. i of the drawings, is provided with ribs K and a centrallongitudinal rib N provided for the purpose of preventing the wheel fromskidding, and the mectin ends oi two of the sections, as shown` in ige;3

and i of the drawings, are provided one with the integral lugs U and theends of the adjacent section with the sockets Q, which lugs are adaptedto telescope within said `sockets in the manner shown in Fig. loof thedrawings and adapted to hold together the two sections thus joined.There arejtwo ot said cables H, one upon either side of the rim andvadapted to engage the eyes in the manner shown clearly in Fig. 2 of thedrawings.

A. tension device, consisting of a shell J closed at one end and'provided with an aperture J, is adapted to contain a coiled Spring Ibearing between one end of saidV shell and the head P of the rod P whichhasl an eye P2 engaged by the cable. A stirrup-shaped strap S isfastened in apertures in the walls oi' said shell and to which an end ofthe cable is attached as Shown. A turn buckle, designated by letter `-G,is mounted between two end sections of the cable whereby the tension ofthe cable may.

be regulated.

Referring to Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, it will be seen that each ofthe sections is provided with a notch or groove L in which are the tiewires C which, when adjusted in'place, wouldpbe protected fromunnecessary wear by the projecting rib N.

When the sections are adjusted together in the manner shown and the tiewires applied, the cables are strung through the eyes in the ends of thetiewires and the ends drawn tightly against the surface of the tires, asshown clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings, thns thoroughly protecting thesame and adording means for the wheel.

What I claim to be new is z A protecting device for tires comprising aseries of coneaved segmental plates having longitudinal langes at theedges thereof which are apertured, the outer surface of each of saidplates having a centrally disposed rib with recesses` therein, sockets.

formed `apen the outer surface of each plate adjacent'to its end, lugsupon the adjacent end of the plate and. projecting beyond its preventingskidding of end, said sockets or one plate adapted sto 109 receive thelug upon an adjacent \p1ate, bail- In testimony whereof I hereunto ax`my shaped Wires engaging the recesses in said signature in the presenceof two witnesses. rib and passing through the apertures in JOHN WILMESsaid flanges and having eyes at their ends, a.

" cable passing through said eyes and adapted Witnesses:

to hold the plate together and over a tire, as M. MAHONY, shown anddescribed. E. E. PANGBORN.

